Sharon V. Mowery, Biological Science Technician (Insects)

Phone: 979-260-9587

Fax: 979-260-9386

smowery@apmru.usda.gov

Education: 

• 1994-1998  University of Delaware: major, Entomology; B. S. 1998

• 1998-2002  Kansas State University: major, Entomology; M. S. 2002

Employment: 

• 1997  Student Insectary Intern, Ecogen Inc., Langhorne, PA

• 1998-2001  Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

• 2001-2002  Biological Science Technician (Insects), USDA/ARS/Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, Manhattan, KS

• 2002-Present  Biological Science Technician (Insects), USDA/ARS/Areawide Pest Management Research Unit, College Station, TX

Publications:  

• Mullen, M. A. and S. V. Mowery.  2006.  Insect-Resistant Packaging, pp. 35-38.  In Heaps, J. W. (ed.), Insect Management for Food Storage and Processing.  AACC International, St Paul, MN.

• Mowery, S. V., J. F. Campbell, M. A. Mullen, and A. B. Broce.  2004.   Response of the sawtoothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.), to food odor emanating through consumer packaging films.  Environ. Entomol. 33: 75-80.

• Mullen, M. A. and S. V. Mowery.  2003.  Packaging, pp. 423-433.  In Hui, Y. H. et al (eds.), Food Plant Sanitation.  Marcel Dekker, New York, NY.

• Mowery, S. V., M. A. Mullen, J. F. Campbell, and A. B. Broce.  2002.  Mechanisms underlying sawtoothed grain beetle (Oryzaephilus surinamensis [L.]) (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) infestation of consumer food packaging materials.  J. Econ. Entomol. 95: 1333-1336.

• Mullen, M. A. and S. V. Mowery.  2000.  Insect-resistant packaging.  International Food Hygiene 11: 13-14.

• Mullen, M. A. and S. V. Mowery.  2000.  The use of insect-resistant packaging to minimize insect infestation in processed food products.  pp. 55-64 In Proceedings of the 2000 Food Processing Pest Management Workshop.  Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City, OK

Posters and Presentations: 

• 1999 National ESA Meeting: presented research poster, Behavior of the sawtoothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.), exposed to consumer food packaging materials.

• 2000 National ESA Meeting: presented research poster, Invasion of commercial food packages by the sawtoothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis.

• 2001 North Central Branch ESA Meeting: presented research poster, Response of the sawtoothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.), to odors from packaged consumer food.

• January 2002: Presented one-hour invited seminar, "Medicocriminal Entomology: The Use of Insects in Death Investigation" to undergraduate Forensic Anthropology class at Kansas State University.